Collation.AreEqual MethodCollation.AreEqual MethodCollation::AreEqual Method

Compares two specified string String String values for equality under this collation.

Syntax

Public Overridable Function AreEqual( _
    value1 As String, _
    value2 As String _
) As Boolean

public virtual bool AreEqual(
    string value1,
    string value2
)

public:
virtual bool AreEqual(
    String^ value1, 
    String^ value2
)

value1

Type: System.StringSystem.StringSystem::String^

The first string String String to compare.

value2

Type: System.StringSystem.StringSystem::String^

The second string String String to compare.

trueTruetrue if the two strings are equal; otherwise falseFalsefalse.

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException ArgumentNullException ArgumentNullException	value1 or value2 is `null` a null reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) `nullptr`.

This method implements the equality and inequality operators under this collation, and should follow the same semantics.

The default implementation calls the Compare (string, string)Compare (String, String)Compare (String^, String^) method and compares the result with 0.